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Can't help you. I'm planning an 1100 mile trip in April to BushFarms to pick up a couple of very valuable queens. He's putting them into two frame nucs for transport. I don't trust the shipping and if I transport, then I know how they were treated.

I seriously believe looking at the condition of some shipping containers that some juvenile postal employee hates bees and thought it was safe to get some revenge. These packages were kicked around intentionally.

I've never had any trouble selling all the nucs I've had for pickup, so I have never pursued it. I was trying to figure it out and could not get a straight answer from UPS. I could never find any details from the USPS on it either.

Chef, I've had numerous requests to ship nucs this year. The overiding opinion is the post office really does not like shipping any live packages including chickens, bees and the like.

I found the post office hoops are pretty minor and if you visit USPS.com you can quickly answer all your questions there. It still remains I've heard numerous horror stories about queens shipped both UPS and USPS as well as package problems USPS. I have had difficulties and success with both items. Everything will come down to the responsibility of the postal person at any stage of the transport and how well your nucs are packaged.

If you are only selling a couple dozen and can't sell them locally I would work harder on my marketing as opposed to working at shipping. Just my opinion.